Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil by Group, From 1980 to 2005, According to FBI database

check this report out. I am reposting  this from Planet Grenada’s blog.

A couple of interesting links:
From Loonwatch: All Terrorists are Muslims… Except the 94% that Aren’t summarizes an updated FBI report of terrorist acts on US soil. As you can see for yourself from the above pie graph, among the counter-stereotypical results are: 1) Only 6% of the terrorist acts on US soil in the period covered were committed by Muslims. 2) In fact, slightly more terrorist acts were committed by Jewish groups. And finally, 3) the largest category of groups associated with acts of terrorism in the US is apparently Latino! (although this includes both far-right anti-Castro terrorist groups and left-leaning pro-Puerto Rican independence groups)

Also CNN recently reported in Study: Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S. exaggerated the results of a study funded by the Department of Justice which looks at how to prevent the radicalization of Muslim youth in America. The original study can be found at: Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans

And finally, Stephen M. Walt gives one of the more candid answers to the “Why Do They Hate Us?” question in his article: Why they hate us (ii): How many Muslims has the US killed in the past 30 years?

As if you didn’t have enough reasons to hate  ‘Twilight.’ As if it’s not bad enough that the main vampirical dude is a total stalker. As if it’s not bad enough that the female lead is a complete weakling reliant on an obsessively possessive relationship. As if we haven’t had enough of the same ol’ twisted heterosexual white relationship veiled as some kind of universal epic love story. The whole ‘Twilight’ series is bullshit and it doesn’t help that white writers continue to appropriate at the expense of native peoples. And it sucks that millions are buying into all of it.

According to the NYT: It’s important to point out that the outside uses of the Quileute name, from the “Twilight” books to the tattoo jewelry, are quite likely legal. American intellectual property laws, except in very specific circumstances, do not protect indigenous peoples’ collective cultural property. In fact, many businesses use tribal names without involving the Indians themselves. Consider, for example, well-known products like Jeep Cherokee trucks, Oneida flatware and Apache helicopters — none of which are officially associated with Indian tribes. (The Quileute say they have never been contacted by Ms. Meyer or any of those who use the Quileute name for merchandising.)

here’s the full NYT article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html

16 panda cubs posed for a photograph with their keepers at Wolong National Nature Reserve, in Sichuan Province, south west China.

Karl Lagerfield is doing retro-mickey-mouse-in pastel for Chanel. we all know that classic Chanel like Mickey Mouse only looks good in b&w.

Then there’s Jean Paul Gaultier appropriating Mexican Sombrero’s into his line. Can you imagine white hollywood parading around in these outfits?

Then there’s Christian Dior going way back. Maybe this fulfills his jealousy of not getting the costume gig for My Fair Lady.

come on dudes – can we go fashion forward? and stop with the cultural appropriation!!!

d

see you soon,
anida

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2006
“Say That!” (an ensemble butoh dance piece)
featured performance as part of “Site Unseen 2006″
6-9pm (FREE!)
Chicago Cultural Center (2nd floor/The Chicago Rooms)
77 E. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL

Say That!
(Say That! is a 50 minute movement piece that will be repeated at the top of each hour)
Directed and performed by Cristal Sabbagh in collaboration with Anida Yoeu Esguerra, Rachel Finan, Keiko Johnson, Clover Morell, and Andrea Wukitsch. This ensemble piece is inspired by the stereotypes of women and their lasting effects on ourselves and society.